Newsmakers

Newsmakers

New CEOs Clifford P. Coppersmith will serve as the sixth president of Chesapeake College in Maryland. Coppersmith, 55, is currently dean of City College, an embedded community college within Montana State University, Billings. He’s been…


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New CEO Susan Looney has been named the sixth president of Reading Area Community College in Pennsylvania. Looney, who is currently the college’s senior vice president of academic affairs/provost, joined RACC in 2014 as dean…


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New CEOs Jacqueline Screws is now president of Chattahoochee Valley Community College (CVCC) in Alabama. Screws has more than three decades of experience in education administration and student affairs. Most recently, she was dean of…


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New CEOs William Starling will serve as president of Sampson Community College in North Carolina, effective this summer. He has served the college for 38 years and is currently vice president of academic affairs and…


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CEO retirements Scott Elliott, president of Meridian Community College (MCC) in Mississippi, will retire this summer after leading the school for 20 years. During his tenure at MCC, the college: more than doubled its annual budget…


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Appointments Charlene Newkirk, president of the Community College of Allegheny County’s South Campus and Washington County Center (Pennsylvania), has been appointed to the Jefferson Hospital board of directors, which comprises volunteers who represent a broad…


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New CEOs Kim Blosser is the next president of Lord Fairfax Community College (LFCC) in Virginia, effective February 1. She is currently the college’s vice president of academic and student affairs. Blosser began her career…


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New CEOs Marty Cavalluzzi will serve as the next president of Olympic College in Washington beginning in early 2018 and pending contract negotiations. He is currently president of Pierce College Puyallup, which he has led…


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New CEOs Susan Lamb will return to Diablo Valley College (DVC) in California to serve as its president, pending contract approval.  She formerly served as vice chancellor of academic affairs at City College of San…


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New CEO Roger Ramsammy has been named the seventh president of Hudson Valley Community College in New York. Ramsammy has more than 30 years of higher education experience, including academic and administrative leadership positions at…